FMP Week 1

Week 1

Day 1-

 Initial thoughts and research about the theme, looking at the outfits and aesthetics of videogames I enjoy.

Day 2

Today I visited the National Portrait Gallery and the Tate Britain.

The way that all the portraits were put together in pieced together in my mind the ‘world’ at the time; you could see people of different classes and nationalities, people’s job roles etc- I could almost imagine the whole collection translated to a fantasy world. I should explore this when deciding what images to include in my series and what

Tate Britain had a couple images that were very much my style- very detailed outfits with props and natural scenery. A couple of the images were almost uncannily similar to some photographers I admire now, it’s strange to think how old these paintings actually are. I should keep looking at paintings and other media as they may bring a broader range of ideas to my project as opposed to if I only looked at photography.

               

Shoot with Evie-

I did my first shoot with a makeup artist and also my first beauty-style edit which went pretty well although I noticed that I might have slightly overdone the reduction of shadows underneath the eyes in the edit. I reckon my first few beauty edits won’t be the best but I’ll keep practicing so that I’m ready for my final images.

               

Day 3- Crits

The crits today were very helpful, people suggested various references that I could look at. We also talked about using common words in our universe to mean something completely different in another, for example a fireman might be the person to create fires instead of put them out. This concept could be interesting as the viewer will see the word and think they know what it means, I can then turn it on its head and hopefully make people think.

The most important thing I took from the crit was the fact that I needed to concentrate on creating a really solid ‘event’ or ‘turning point’ that my project and this parallel world would pivot on, because without a strong story and meaning it will be hard to have successful visuals. I may have to alter my plans for the FMP as I don’t think I’ll be able to start shooting final images until I’m sure of my concept and story.